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Knowledge Spillovers in Europe: A Patent Citations Analysis
Author(s) -
Maurseth Per Botolf,
Verspagen Bart
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.725
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1467-9442
pISSN - 0347-0520
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9442.00300
Subject(s) - european patent office , economic geography , patent analysis , business , economics , regional science , international trade , geography , data science , computer science
This paper addresses the pattern of knowledge flows as indicated by patent citations between European regions. Our findings support the hypothesis that there are important barriers to knowledge flows in Europe. Patent citations occur more often between regions which belong to the same country and which are in geographical proximity. Furthermore, patent citations are industry specific and occur most often between regions that are specialised in industrial sectors with specific technological linkages between them. Patent citations are also more frequent when the citing region belongs to the same linguistic group as the cited region. JEL classification : O 30; O 33; R 19